Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Unit (GISOU)

The Unit was established in May 2005. The aim is to enhance the equal opportunities for people of different sexual orientation and transgendered persons. The Unit's functions are to:

• manage and monitor the Equal Opportunities (Sexual Orientation) Funding Scheme;
  
  
• set up and maintain a hotline for enquiries and complaints in relation to sexual orientation and gender identity;
  
  
• provide secretariat support to the Sexual Minorities Forum and implement any work plan decided by it;
  
  
• launch publicity and education programmes to promote equal opportunities for people of different sexual orientation and gender identity; and
  
  
• conduct research on issues regarding sexual orientation and gender identity.

To contact the Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Unit, please call the hotline 2835-1565. You may also contact us by fax: 2121-1716 or email: gisou@cmab.gov.hk. Its correspondence address is -

Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Unit
3rd Floor, Main Wing,
Central Government Offices,
Lower Albert Road, Central,
Hong Kong